STOP Sports Injuries Award

This award, established by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) in November of 2015, recognizes outstanding research presented at the AOSSM Annual Meeting related to youth sports injury prevention, treatment, or rehabilitation. The winner is selected by AOSSM's STOP Sports Injuries Outreach Committee and receives a $1,000 award and plaque.

Award Recipients

2017

Recipient: Timothy McGuine, PhDResearch: The Effect of Sport Specialization on Lower Extremity Injury Rates in High School Athletes

2016

Recipient: Michael Clinton Meyers, PhDResearch: Incidence, Mechanisms and Severity of Game-Related High School Football Injuries Across Artificial Turf Systems of Various Infill Weight